CFR Africa Program

@CFR_Africa · Washington, DC · joined 04 Jan 2011

@CFR_org’s Africa program offers expert analysis on the continent’s political, security, and development challenges. Follows, RTs ≠ endorsements.

32 967Followers

1 110Following

4 311Posts total

2.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

CFR Africa Program@CFR_Africa24 Aug

Its operational base may be as ebullient as ever, but members of the #EndSARS generation have been pulled in different directions, writes Senior Fellow Ebenezer Obadare. https://t.co/EvMIrsMGU8 549 views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

CFR Africa Program@CFR_Africa19 Aug

Senior Fellow Michelle Gavin writes on what to make of Zambia’s 2026 general elections: https://t.co/GOuh9P7YRk 470 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

CFR Africa Program@CFR_Africa18 Aug

Despite undeniable progress, insecurity in Nigeria remains by and large intractable, writes Senior Fellow Ebenezer Obadare. https://t.co/vdne7iPWpE 358 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

CFR Africa Program@CFR_Africa12 Aug

Long, mysterious absences promote the idea that unaccountable forces are at the levers of power, writes Senior Fellow Michelle Gavin. https://t.co/2SCk41wKwA 544 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

CFR Africa Program@CFR_Africa13 Jul

African intellectuals cannot continue to ignore the questions raised by recurrent xenophobia in South Africa, argues Senior Fellow Ebenezer Obadare. https://t.co/1rLQbirCIo 434 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views470this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.43%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.43%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	470	924	0.51×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.43%	3.62%	0.39×
Engagement rate	0.43%	1.52%	0.28×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

43413 Jul

54412 Aug

35818 Aug

47019 Aug

54924 Aug

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.23%13 Jul

0.55%12 Aug

0.56%18 Aug

0.43%19 Aug

0.18%24 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes45.5%5 in total

Reposts36.4%4 in total

Bookmarks18.2%2 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.